Americas: Mettler Toledo systems produce safe-to-eat mushrooms
US-based Oakshire Mushroom Farm uses Mettler-Toledo Safeline's Signature Touch to maximize food safety and final product quality of its Oakshire and Dole mushrooms.
“Before purchasing...
Asia/Middle East: Vitamin E may lower risk of acute kidney injury, researchers say
Acute kidney injury is quite a common adverse effect that associates with coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions.
Vitamin E may decrease the risk...
Americas: Food claims do not indicate nutritional levels well, research finds
A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that simply making a low-content food claim on the label...
Americas: Paper, analysis to enhance food safety on fresh produce
Scientists report in Analytical Chemistry that they are closing in on a way to use a combination of color-changing paper and electrochemical analysis to...
Americas: Probiotic supplement for pregnancy, infants
DuPont Nutrition & Health and Happy Family Brands have developed Happy Mama Prenatal Probiotic Supplement for the infant nutritional supplements category.
The supplement is formulated...
Americas: Krohne releases products to measure fluids
Krohne introduces the Turbidity System (TS) product line, including four products for measuring absorption and turbidity in fluids in the food and beverage industry....
Americas: Maroon Group buys 7th company
Maroon Group has bought Lincoln Fine Ingredients, a US distributor of specialty chemicals based in Lincoln.
Lincoln Fine Ingredient’s management team, led by Jim...
Americas: Bemis bags awards for pouch designs
The Flexible Packaging Association honored Bemis Company during its 61st annual awards program for the Hunt’s Recipe Ready tomato paste pouch and the NFI/UPM...
Americas: Count plates get AFNOR certification
3M Food Safety says its 3M Petrifilm Rapid Aerobic Count Plates have received AFNOR Certification by NF Validation.
The plates had previously received validation through...
Americas: Ona launches protein bars with probiotics
Ona launches its Functional Fuel Plant Protein Bars with Probiotics at Natural Products Expo West this month in California, US.
The line will feature...